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Old 02-14-2012, 04:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Mrfish55 View Post
You mean as in run it thru the pellet reactor and the output direct into the skimmer? The only problem I believe that creates is the flow to keep the pellets tumbling may be too much flow, as I mentioned previous, I think some of the problems people are having with the pellets is a result of too much flow ( only my opinion, not based on any actual scientific study) but I must have been on to something as I have been running my recirc reactor for quite some time and now there is companies comming out with recirc models for exactly that reason, I can controll the amount of pellet tumble independent of the dose rate, if I can get some pics up hopefully it will make sense, kinda hard to explain it.
I've actually switched to VSV dosing from pellets because with pellets it's hard to adjust the amount of flow through the reactor without disrupting the function of the fluidized reactor. I've seen too many instances of people using pellets and reducing their params to zero, and then continuing to run pellets ageessively. IMO, this is the cause of so many pellet related crashes.

So as stated above, recirc style is the route I'd go. You can easily convert any reactor to recirc with a few pieces of tubing and some valves.
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